Improvement in dyeing kid-gloves



" UNITED STATES JOSIAH T. n nnmon GHARLESTOWN, irnssnojnjusnrrs IMPROVEMENT l N DYEING Kio-"c LovEjs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 47,221, dated April 11,1865.

.To all tuhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH T. REED, of

Gharlestown, in thecounty of Middlesex and tion of a colored kid-glove the outer surface or grained side of which isof some shade or color that is darker than the skin from which the glove is made, while the interior surface of the glove which is the flesh side, remains of the same light color that it had in the skin before the glove was made up, the same being a new article of manufacture. The outside of kid-gloves heretofore mad has been of the same color as the skin from which they were cut out and sewed into the form of a glove-that is to say, if a black glove was to be made, the grain sideof a skin was dressed and colored black by the use of such mordants and dyes as are well known to leather-dressers, great care being taken to keep the flesh side of the skin clean, free from dye, and in its natural condition, in order that the inside of the glove to be made from it may not stain the hand. If the glove was to be purple, brown, yellow, or any othershade, it was necessary that the skin, before its delivcry to the glove-maker, should be manufactured and finished of the required shade or color. My improvement renders this unnecessary. The skin is made into gloves while in its white or natural condition, the manufacture of a colored glove being completed after it is cut to the required shape and size and the several parts sewed together. a Gloves of light and delicate shadessuch as lilac, lemon, and straw colorsare often soiled and injured by handling during the process of cutting and making; but in my improved glove this objection is obviated, as the color is apextended, separated, and held in a suitable position to allow the application of the dye or color. I prefer for this purpose the molds for which Letters Patent of: the United States were granted to me on the2 9th day of March, 1864. a In case the glove isoily or slightlysoiled, I first apply with a brush an alkalineor other suitable preparation for. cleaning it, inorden that the dye may strike uniformly over, the whole surface. The mold, with the .Lglove I stretched upon it, is heldinthe handand the 1 dye or color ,is paintedlupon it with suitable l pencils or brushes, care being taken that i the C: dye is spread uniformly over the whole of thew.

outside, and not allowed to touchthe inside.

This careful painting or staining is facilitated 3 by the shapeof the mold, which allowsigthe brush to come in contact with every part of v .1 the surface. The end ofthe mold which projects. beyondv the mouth of the gloveafl'ords a convenient mode 1 of holding it.

nearly parallel.

sale. I l h a Gloves that have be the natural. color, inwhich case thedye apr plied to them is of a darker shade. When! painted or prepared bymy process,slight blemishes in the skin and faults in the sewing? are not apparent in the finished glove. 2

I claim as a new article of manufacture+. 1 1. A kid glove having the inside of the same color as the skin from which it was made,

the outside being colored of any desiredjshade tially as described. I l

the required dye or color": to the .exterio of the glove while itis stretched upon a suit form or mold. l h l i JOSIAH '13.; REED. [L s.]1 In presence of- I h J 01am M. BATCHELDER, SAML. Bn'ronnnnnn, Jr;

a a The glove 1 remains upon themolduntil j it is well dried, and during this time itcontracts slightly and; :1 assumes the exact formof the mold. It is; 3 therefore desirable to i give the mold such a shape that the glove, when taken ofi, will have the form required by the trade-{that is to say, i an elongated flattened form having the sides.

en made upifroinflight. I; or fancy colored skins may be treated infthe: 1 same manner as those made ofskins having 1 after the glove is cut out and sewed, substan .2. The art, method or processofrcoloring kidgloves by applying, withabrush or sponge, If 

